Smash Bros.

Nintendo unveiled some new characters including Lady Palutena from Kid Icarus and the ability to play as a Mii. The 3DS version of Smash Bros. is coming October 12th and the Wii U version is coming holiday 2014 (let’s hope).

I honestly thought Nintendo may have had the best showing of the big three. Mostly because how many fucking shooters and edgy, serious games that try far too hard to be movies do I need? Also because that Yoshi game has one of the best art styles I’ve seen in a long time. But to be honest, I’ll probably end up playing GTA V again on PS4 instead because I’m a hypocrite.

While I do want to buy a Wii U, nothing but Zelda really grabbed me and said “do this now, Michael! Do it now!” and Zelda probably isn’t coming until Q4 2015… That being said, Captain Toad and Yoshi Wool look great and Zelda looks like it will be incredible and well worth the wait.

They were my favorite part of Super Mario World 3D. After the first one you come across I said, “I hope this becomes a full fledged game. That was really fun.” It’s simple and silly and fun… HOWEVER I think it should be a 3DS game, not a Wii U game. It’d be perfect on a handheld while going to work/sitting around with nothing to do.

meh, I thought the whole thing was pretty weak. Sadly, I think I’m kinda over Nintendo. Smash Bros, Mario Kart, and a future Super Mario are the only games that interest me on the system. Zelda will be good but I vastly prefer the art style of Twilight Princess.

Bayonetta 2 looked like something that came out 7 years ago. Same with Splatoon really. It’s a neat concept but I can’t see myself ever playing it with all of the multiplayer games coming out for the Xbone/PS4, plus stuff like Mario Kart and Smash Bros.

Overall I think all three companies were pretty even in regards to exclusives but Sony and Microsoft just runaway with it once third party games are introduced.

a yoshi game *wank*
smash bros, we get it. this will be the only reason the system sticks around and keeps them viable.
zelda, nice prerenders, all 20 seconds of it.
mario maker, cool but late.
splatoon cool when i was 12.
star fox, even rough would have been nice to look at.
the toad game looks fun.
boyonetta, okay i guess.

Nothing here that’ll stop making me play Dark Souls II and Ultra Street Fighter IV. Considering how much Ocarina of Time was obviously an influence on the Souls games, that’s very disappointing.

And while I’m sure done in jest, when has level creation ever really sold or been fun in an action game? THPS3 was the first game I really screwed around in level creation and while I had some fun, it was too time consuming and my levels were of heavily inferior quality to the developers ones (who can also make new things instead of moving around pre-placed pieces). I don’t want a Mario level creator, I want Nintendo to get off their lazy buns and actually try to make a Mario game better than SMB3.

In terms of the level creator in an action game, have you tried Broforce on Steam? Those have had some great user-created levels. I just wish there was a better way to search for them at this time (Then again, early access).

Though, you’re complaint about it being difficult about finding good user created levels is part of my point on games like Mario Maker. I don’t mind level creation as an extra, but selling it stand-alone, even for a game series as famous as Mario, is dumb. People want to buy full games, with professionally made levels. Fun out the box.

Eh, same old same old. I’m glad it was less Mario-centric but the line-up continues to make it feel like Nintendo thinks that the only people that play video games are either little kids or people from Japan.

In terms of overall E3, I rank Nintendo above MS and Sony. Which was an odd thing for me to say because the fanbase annoyed me more than Sony’s and MS’s and I was disillusioned from the DS/Wii era – had both but they now collect dust. Splatoon looks colorful. I am more tempted to buy Amiibos than Skylanders or Dis Infinity for some reason. Xenoblade Chronicles X had me since it was X and Matt Lees abridged Nintendo’s E3 jam last year. And, I’ll pick up a Wii U with Hyrule Warriors because button-mashing is somehow my jam. Also, Elder Scrolls: Hyrule looks nice.

As for the other two, since Guilty Gear and Forza Horizon will be on previous gen, I’ll stick with my 360 and either get a new PS3 or have my dad finally ship our old one off to get repaired. I’ll pick up a Xbox One when it hits $300 and a PS4 after that.